mondeo diesel to boxster 3.2s?

[bamberwell]

Is it mad to consider going from a mk4 mondeo diesel estate (practical, economical,decent drive etc) to a porsche boxster s ? never really lusted after a boxster in any sense of the word ,but a decent 3.2s has come up locally at a decent price , and i like the idea of something nippy for the summer and sod practicality/missus/kids/mountain bike......i know it's going to be dearer to run , but will it be ridiculously so? opinions gratefully received

ps i have a litre bike for kicks so speed isn't a real issue , and no , i don't want an mx5...

[bamberwell]

£6500 ish,2001 just under 100,000 miles...bit too leggy? not that clued up on boxsters, heard of some problems , but perhaps someone with actual experience of one could enlighten me ?

[bamberwell]

slipstream 1985 said:

do you mean is it mad to go for it comming from a euro box thats not that quick to a quickish sports car? or mad on the practical side?

more the practicality side tbh ,

[bamberwell]

i must admit the wife might just get the arse if i get a sporty car, the whole point of me getting the mondeo was to lug stuff around in, so coming home in a porsche one night might put a strain on marital relations ho hum gives me more reason to out for a drive i suppose!

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Baz Tench said:

A recent clutch change would be ideal, they can be fairly heavy on them. Also this would mean that the RMS would have been checked/changed as a precaution while the clutch was out. If there is no sign of this, look out for a heavy clutch pedal. Either factor in £600 to have it changed or walk away.

IMS failure is greatly overblown on t'internet. Unless it rattles excessively on start-up, there is no need to worry (the majority of them tend to have a slight rattle from the timing chain/heat shield, but it's short and slight).

As someone else has said, it's best to get it inspected.

i must admit the ims/rms issues do scare me a little. the seems to be a lot of conflicting rumours/opinions on the net though. anyone have any experience of one of the uprated ims kits?